Candy or merchandise display box



I Jan. 26, 1926.

Y. C. HAMILTON CANDY OR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY BOX Filed August 14, 1925anon Wot YUUNE BHAMIUI'UN Patented .lan. 26, 1926.

UNITED STATES YOUNG C. HAMILTON, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS.

CANDY OR MERCHANDISE DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed August 14, 1925. Serial No. 50325.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, YOUNG C. I'TAMILTON, a citizen of the United States.residing at Fort lVorth, in the county of Tarrant and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy orMerchandise Display Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to display containers for candy and othermerchandise and particularly to devices which prevent goods from havingthe appearance of being stale; and the object is to provide simple boxesor containers which can be provided with means integral therewith forholding the goods in the desired positions without any additionalexpense of construction over plain boxes or containers. Purchasers oftenthink that goods are stale when they are fresh because the goods arenear the bottom of the con taiuer. The obiect of this invention is tokeep the goods near the top of the containers and to make betterdisplaying devices of the boxes or containers. Other objects andadvantages will be fully explained in the following description and theinvention will be more particularly pointed out in the claims.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings which form a part of thisappli cation.

Fig. 1 is an inverted plan view of a box constructed in accmrdance withmy invention.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a box, showing the location of the trayswhen one tray has been removed.

l ig. 3 is a vertical section of a box, showing the location when threetrays have been removed.

Fig. 4. is a vertical section when two trays have been removed.

Qiinilar characters of reference are used to indicate the same partsthroughout the several views.

The containers hereinafter described may be boxes of ordinary type madeof paste lmard or other material. The box is particularly adapted fordisplaying fresh candy, cspec'ally chocolate creams, and the box isuseful for displaying other merchandise, and the advantage is that themerchandise or goods will always be at the upper part of the box, makingan appearance of a box full. Purchasers are prone to consider even freshgoods stale if the goods are on the bottom of the box. Such arrangementof goods will. prevent unsanitary handling of goods and prevent waste bymashing or mutilating the goods. A plurality of trays may be used in theboxes.

The box has a bottom 1 which has a plurality of tongues or supports 2,3, and 4, struck therefrom. hen the box is full, the lowest tray willrest on the bottom 1. When the goods are exhausted from the first tray,this tray will be taken out and the tongues 2 bent up to the positionsshown in Fig. 2, thus forcing all the trays up one tier. When the goodsare exhausted from the second tray, the tongues or supports 3 are bentupwardly to support the bottom tray one tier higher. When the third trayhas been used up or exhausted, the tongues or supports 4- will be bentup to support the bottom tray in the position originally occupied by thetop tray.

It is apparent that more trays 5 may be used and more tongues orsupports can be cut from the bottom to support additional trays. Theextreme ends of the tongues may be bent to form supports 6 extendingunder the trays.

What I claim is,

1. A. display box having a bottom and a plurality of pairs of tongues orsupports struck therefrom, and a plurality of trays for goods to besupported on said bottom and on said supports.

2. A. display box having a bottom and a plurality of pairs of supportsstruck therefrom of different lengths and a plurality of trayssuperposed on said bottom and on each other, said supports being adaptedto support the lowest tray at different heights in said box.

3. A display box for merchandise having a bottom and a plurality ofpairs of tongues or supports struck therefrom of different dimensionsand a plurality of trays superposed on said bottom and on each other,said supports being adapted to support the lowest tray at differentheights in succession as the uppermost tray is removed.

In testimony whereof, I set my hand, this 28th day of July, 1925.

YOUNG C. HAMILTON.

